cassiem93

I know i'm counting down and it doesn't feel like it's getting any closer. 31 days feels like a life time. Almost worst than last month of pregnancy!!!

I am August 21st!!

I finally got my date!! I am so excited. I am sceduled for August 21st!!!

What is the shake you buy from walmart?

Getting ready for the lap band! What's your favorite food or drink I should try for when I am all banded or even now. I love soda so i'm trying to cut that habit. Other than that I should be ok!

I wanted to thank you for posting this question. I am a newbie as well and still trying to learn all the ins and outs. So every post helps me learn a little more!

I dont know how i would feel if my husband wasnt on board for my choose to get the lap-band. But i agree with Allison take him to the consultation. He will be able to listen to your doctor talk to you and be able to ask him any questions that he may be wondering. I think he is more scared about what may happen to you than not wanting you to do what you are wanting to do. Which is understand able. My husband has joked with me before about getting skinny and leaving him for some hot doctor. LOL like that would happen Good luck follow your heart!

I have Care First insurance. My doctors office told me that they would find out before i would find out through the mail. So i am hoping that once my paperwork is submitted i will hear something quicker than having to wait for mail But they also said it usually takes up to a week to find out something! I wish you luck

I just got a dang call from the hospital. My h-polyari test was sent to the lab and my ballon was deflated, so i have to go tomr morning and have the test done again Sucks, this means my submit date just may be pushed back a couple days.

I must ask.. are you serious about moisturizing? because if this is true than i will be doing this everyday! i am very scared about excess skin. I am big but alot of it is in my stomach. and i am so scared it is going to hang like it does now. I know its not a picture you want to think about but its the truth.

I dont sounds to me as if you need to sit down with her and explain how you are feeling. I would not be able to live with someone who is going to throw food in my face and make me feel like ****. Sorry you are going through this i hope it gets better! Just remember why you did this and if nobody is there for you because of it than atleast you have us to keep you on track!

I have to have a hiatal hernia repaired during my banding as well. I am scared but i figure you mid as well do it while i am open than have another sugery altogether. Thats for the post though because i was worried about extra pain from having both done.

I work for a hospital so its a little bit easier for me. The hospital is all about the employees being healthy. I only have to spend no more than $200 on everything. I only spend $15 for my visits to the nutrientionist (6), $15 for psych eval (1), nothing for all my tests and $10 for my appointments with my band doctor (3). But that is only because i am seeing all hospital doctors and doing my lap band through the hospital. If it wasnt for that than i think it would take me longer.

Almond milk. That sounds really good. Is almond milk the milk that is only 40 calories. I have another question. My nutrisionist is always talking about counting my calories and making sure i stay under my calorie count etc. But my lap band specialist talks about it not being about calories that you consume but about watching the fats that you take in.? Do you count calories?

I have honestly told everybody. Sometimes i sit and i wish i didnt but its already done now. I want everybody to know that i am making a change in my life and i am so excited i just decided to scream it out to the world i guess. but to each their own.

Well another bump in the road. I am allergic to milk, have been since i was a baby. But i was always able to have a little bit in moderation and be fine. I took myself down to 1% and now i am having really bad stomach pains as if i had alot of regular milk. Can i go through this surgery and be fine without being on 1% milk?

Find another PCP, I agree with grandma3 my doctor was the one who told me i need to lose weight and told me about the Lap Band. I had heard of it before but i guess i never realized how big i was unitil my own doctor told me i was morbidly obese.

I am so sorry to hear about the bump in the road, but hopefully it will make you feel better. Atleast you found out before it got to bad, and you are working toward solving the problem now! It may be a little longer wait before you are able to be banded but i am here for ya and i hope everything works out for you!

I am looking forward to alot of things. I would love to be able to shop somewhere other than the plus size section. I am only 4'11 and so its hard to find things that fit my waist and my height. I would like to be able to play with my kids instead of sitting and watching them because my asthma and weight hold me back from that. I want to be able to walk from my car to well anywhere with out having to stop and catch my breath. I want to stop getting the looks when i am shopping (or atleast get it out of head that people are staring at me). I want to fit into a booth without having my stomach stick out underneath it. Cross my legs or even sit up straight and be able to touch both knees together. I can sit here and go on and on and i never really thought about all of these things untill i saw this post. Makes me want to lose this weight even more now!

This is scary! I am glad to hear you are ok. And i hope you never have to go through that tramatic experience again.

I have heard of people waking up during surgery, but i have never met someone who has. Anything is possible but i think its your nerves getting to you. I have had some funky dreams here lately as i am slowly getting closer. I wish you luck though and keep us posted.

I am hoping for August! I submit my papers on the 25th. My lab band specialist stated it takes 1 week to hear from insurance and than I will have my pre-op visit! My doc requires 4 wks of pre-op diet. We are pushing for August 6th. And I agree I didn't have to do as much work as you but I had 6 nutritional visits, 1 psych eval, a EDG, EKG, h-pyloria test, a pulmonary function, and of course blood work. These 6 months have flown by. Now if the rest just falls into place I'll be ok! Congrats and keep us posted.

Thank you so much! That helps. I went with my mom today to her appointment with the surgeon and i was very helpful for me as well. I am just ready to get a date to start looking forward to something

Everyone talks about protein shakes and such that you have to drink afterwards? Can you just buy the weight loss shakes or do they have to be specific. Do you have to take supplements as well. I was told that you have to do a chewable vitamin. What are some of the things you have to do on a daily basis to keep your body healthy?